Aug. 13, 2024 Forum participants heard today from leaders of a boutique microloan lender that makes it its business to turn small business owners scrambling to get their firms off the ground into real CEOs, leaders who not only were inspired to build a product or service clients, but are ready to ... Continue Reading →
Accelerators, incubators and coaching for business success
June 25, 2024 Nikita Allen shared some of her experiences coaching owners of small businesses as they grow their businesses and stay focused on what they find most rewarding. Her company is Growmetix. ... Continue Reading →
How a family business focuses on succession planning
May 28, 2024 The Charlotte Post, "the voice of the Black community since 1906," had a succession of family owners before Gerald and Bob Johnson's father Bill bought the paper in 1974. None of the previous owners kept the paper in their families. Bill had a plan to do so – hilariously recounted by ... Continue Reading →
Trailblazers in a culture change inside America’s banks
March 19, 2024 "Show up and come prepared to do the work." Nancy Stroud offered that synopsis of how she and a number of the other women on this morning's panel took the entry-level jobs they were offered in the '60s and '70s as banks first began hiring Blacks for career positions, and made ... Continue Reading →
Helping MWBEs thrive in the construction industry
March 12, 2024 Today’s presenters have had much to do with helping minority contractors find their niche in Mecklenburg private and public construction projects. Young people: Listen to the stories from the presenters. Listen to the many successful minority contractors who spoke during the ... Continue Reading →
Reviving the Beatties Ford Road corridor
Feb. 27, 2024 “Are we telling the right stories?” Developer Christopher Dennis said people who never visit the Beatties Ford Road corridor love to tell stories about the corridor’s challenges, from crime and drugs to homelessness and mental health issues. What if Beatties Ford residents wrote ... Continue Reading →
Having mentors made all the difference
Jan. 9, 2024 Daks McClettie was working in an Allstate call center when agency owner Bob White invited him to join him. A mentoring relationship was born, as White taught the younger man the tools – and the soft skills – of the trade. Later, Howard Johnson Jr. played the same role at a State Farm ... Continue Reading →
Amid success stories, a warning
Dec. 20, 2023 A report from MyFutureNC on North Carolina’s educational attainment is full of success stories – and a huge warning about an issue employers may be ignoring and will ignore only at their own peril. The report was updated today following its August submission to the Joint ... Continue Reading →
Fed Richmond tracks rural-urban poverty divides
June 27, 2023 The Congressional mandate that the Federal Reserve encourge consumer protection and community development ... who does that? Listen to Carrie Cook fast-walk through a complex area of U.S. finance and you will get a better idea. There is no way a few paragraphs here can summarize. ... Continue Reading →
Dorsey shuts down ‘The Plug’, chronicler of Blacks in tech
March 15, 2023 Six years ago to the month, a young, determined entrepreneur addressed the Forum. She was asked what Charlotte could do to attract more young, determined entrepreneurs to the city. “I Iike real simple steps" she said. "I don’t think we need 20-40 page business plans. I ... Continue Reading →
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